Mitsumasa Yonai
Junior Second Rank Mitsumasa Yonai | |
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米内 光政 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 16 January 1940 – 22 July 1940 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Nobuyuki Abe |
| Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 2 February 1937 – 30 August 1939 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Osami Nagano |
| Succeeded by | Yoshida Zengo |
| In office 22 July 1944 – 1 December 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Naokuni Nomura |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1880 Mitsuwari, Iwate, Japan |
| Died | 20 April 1948 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Morioka Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) |
Koma Yonai
(m. 1906; died 1941) |
| Signature | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service | Japan Navy |
| Years of service | 1901–1945 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | Kasuga, Iwate, Fusō, Mutsu, First Expeditionary Fleet, IJN 3rd Fleet, Combined Fleet, IJN 1st Fleet |
Mitsumasa Yonai (米内 光政, Yonai Mitsumasa, 2 March 1880 – 20 April 1948) was a Japanese navy officer and politician. He was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1940.[1][2]
Yonai suffered from high blood pressure most of his life, but died of pneumonia on 20 April 1948 at the age of 68.
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